Ice Crystals

very ups-and-downs sort of thing.

2009-12-23T02:06:59Z

Miscellanea:

Most of the Christmas shopping is done; Mike and I have mutually agreed that our Christmas present to each other is a PS3 (i.e. splitting the cost between us.) I'm really excited about this. *squeaks happily*

It's snowing again (big fucking surprise, this is Chicago) and I am petrified half out of my wits that there is going to be horrific turbulence when I fly home Thursday morning. DO NOT WANT. Crossing my fingers really hard.

Yesterday was Solstice. Praise the Goddess, the sun will finally return. I can't deal with winter up here.

Mike has been playing through the first Assassin's Creed. I make happy squeaky noises at the Crusades. We are both delighted at the thought of AC2.

I beat The Last Remnant; my review is at 1200 words and counting. I expect another 1500 or so before I'm done with the review.

We rearranged my apartment this weekend. Mike helped me drag the Blue Chair of Comfy Awesome Comfort out of my bedroom so it would actually get some use. (Ganon promptly peed on it. SIGH. Fortunately the cover strips off to be washed, and he didn't get the cushion.) We also dragged one of the bookshelves into my bedroom, relocated a dresser (I did that one all by my ownself!) and rearranged more stuff in my room. Both my bedroom and the living room look larger and more airy, which makes me happy.

More importantly, the TV in my bedroom is hooked up (more than a year after I moved in), and with it, the SNES. We can now play Super Mario Kart in bed. THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, OKAY.

Still have not started Dragon Age: Origins. I will after the new year. I did pick up Super Mario Sunshine again, but I'm already frustrated with it, and unlike Galaxy it does not permit the fun and convenient "you have x many Shines? Final boss ahoy!" and instead requires me to get to like level 7 in every single area. Fuck THAT noise. (I will probably go back when I get bored.)

Now, snuggling, mango Smirnoff Ice, and more Last Remnant reviewing.

groan

2009-12-17T04:01:11Z

*flop*

*sadface*

too much going on. Need like a week of sleep. And time that does not involve having to DO anything. And this entire weekend is going to get eaten up by part time work.

Kitty does NOT approve.

Minor tidying in my room in prep of weekend rearranging, then bed. So tired.

Fandom Degree Meme!

2009-12-05T15:30:38Z

From Sev:

Reply to this post with the degree you'd award me based on my participation in fandom.

For example:

"Dr. Sev has been awarded a Ph.D in AU Crack, with a concentration in blowjobs."

or

"Sev carries dual Masters degrees in Twincest and Pirating."

Go ahead, and then post in your journal so that I can award you a degree.

~*~

Both serious and crackalicious degrees welcome!

really, dude? REALLY?

2009-12-04T20:53:54Z

So, this video. (Transcript on Shakesville, if you don't want to watch the guy talk.)

Let's start with this bit: The only true way of preventing AIDS, or any other sexually transmitted diseases, is through a monogamous relationship between a husband and a wife. Now, while it is true that many people who contract AIDS are going to do so via means this person would consider sinful--unprotected sex, shared needles for drug use--it is by no means true that all people who contract AIDS are going to get it in this manner. What about rape victims? And for that matter, I know that donor blood is tested extensively in this country, but there was certainly a time when a person could contract AIDS via a blood transfusion, and I would hazard the guess that in some less well-off countries it is still a viable risk. (Feel free to correct me with statistics.)

In Genesis, chapter 38, God shows his displeasure with contraception when he kills Onan. Onan uses the Planned Parenthood technique called withdrawal; that is, he spilled his seed upon the ground; and God was so displeased with this that he killed Onan. Wow, really? Planned Parenthood was around in 5000 BC? HOW IMPRESSIVE. Shit, here I thought they were a modern invention. Not to mention that (as well pointed out in the comments) the thing about killing Onan was less to do with his withdrawing and more to do with the reasons why - oh, sorry, am I asking too much to want actual Biblical scholarship from this guy? Clearly, I am.

Now this does not necessarily mean celibacy, but it certainly means chastity—and you cannot be chaste if you are using contraceptives. Alright, alright, hang on here. *holds up hands* First of all, people use contraceptives for a variety of reasons that may have nothing to do with actually having sex. I am on birth control for reasons that have NOTHING TO DO WITH STOPPING PREGNANCY. I am not the only person to use birth control for this reason. Oops, guess I won't be raptured. (...Then again. Given some of the people who promulgate rapture theory, I can't say I'm sorry to not be in their company.)

Please do not expect to be raptured if you are into fornication, if you are into adultery, and if you are into contraceptives. But dude! Contraceptives are so totally as cool as blue sofas. Why mock my decorating choices, man? YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING MY INDIVIDUALITY. (oh wait, collectivist. Right.)

I don't even. I can't even. What the hell.

Note: I am mocking this guy's extreme logic fail, not his religion. I realize there are people who read my LJ/DW who may and probably do disagree with me regarding contraception and religion, and that's fine. I'm basically just amazed at logic fail.

this brought to you by 2 solid days of Last Remnant

2009-12-03T06:30:27Z

So, 6 Bases fights. auuuuuuugh hard.

But it turns out that when you draw Gae Bolg and Blackout III back to back, they get a lot easier!

I've got 11 sidequests to go, and whatever's after the Six Bases plotwise.

Game, just be done now, okay?

a collection of miscellanea

2009-12-01T17:10:17Z

Hey, guys, if you're a fan of Metal Gear or Devil May Cry (oy, schattenstern, I'm lookin' at you for at least one of those =p), please have a gander at this post, in which justira needs help from people familiar with those series in order to wrangle characters for AO3. Much appreciated. ♥

Also,

THE FANFICTION LOVE MEME

Via puella_nerdii and noarrows.

Also, Exalted last night was fucking hard-core and made of epic win. Epic win. Wow. Worth being up until whatever the fuck time I was up until. I think 2 am. Dude I have a manse. With a level 5 hearthstone that deals agg to all things undead. And my First Age tomb. AND IT IS A TEMPLE MANSE TO THE UNCONQUERED SUN WITH AN ARCHIVE AND NECROMANCY DAMPENING AND I HAVE ARTIFACTS. eeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

[Recommendation] Final Fantasy IV

2009-11-29T16:58:06Z

In Darkness and Regret, by rushlight75. Kain/Cecil, worksafe. Author's summary: Being honest with yourself is the first step toward true happiness, but that doesn't necessarily mean you can get there from here.

Okay. So I'm not particularly a Kain/Cecil person. I'm not opposed, I'm just not as excited by it as I am by Edge/Rydia or Kain->Rosa, or Kain/Valvalicia.

I really loved this fic. It was actually a little bit disconcerting, because it felt a lot like reading something I had written. There's a really good understanding of the things that drive Kain to do what he does, and the story flows beautifully. I love the characters' voices, and one of the things that particularly stood out to me was the contradictory nature of Kain's feelings toward Golbez.

In a word, hello shiny.

my hands feel like they're going to fall off

2009-11-29T06:37:17Z

BOOYA.

Let's review:

--Started 3 days late due to flu of death
--Finished 2 days early
--Actually don't hate this novel
--Am probably within 7K words of the actual end of the story
--Realized what the sequel is a week ago
--In love with my characters and willing to watch them snark forever

Overall? I think I did good.

Net result: I am about 4K behind on getyourwordsout, which I can probably make up with Yuletide, finishing the NaNo, and finishing the Yuna fic (I am seriously completing that one this year. SERIOUSLY.)

Not bad, self.

Now, BED.

I'm getting there!

2009-11-24T22:20:31Z

42,752 and counting! Well, likely that's all I'm doing for the day, but.

The obligatory sheep jokes have invaded the novel. I'm pleased, actually, since the characters are at ease enough to joke about with each other. The endgame plot train has been set in motion, and I think this will probably tie up at just around 75,000 when all is said and done. In the meantime, I'm having massive amounts of fun with the characters.

Because of various travel schedulings and such, I have realized that I really should be done with the 50K by Saturday the 28th. This means that, thanks to the 3 days I missed at the beginning of the month with flu, I am functionally trying to do the 50K of NaNo in only 25 days. Someone explain to me why I think these shenanigans are a good idea every year?! I think I can do it - I'm ahead by 2744 words today, which means I'm actually only about 600 words shy of being two full days ahead, so if I can write 1900 words tomorrow, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I will totally get there with some room to spare. Which is really exciting.

In the meantime, fic bunnies are staging a siege on my brain. I'm holding them off for the next four days, but I'm looking forward to noodling around on shorter pieces when this thing is done. After all, I still have Yuletide and getyourwordsout to do in December! (Speaking of GYWO, I have throughout the course of this month managed to catch up so I am less than 2K words behind on the year--1300, to be exact. Considering that at one point I was behind by something like 16K, this is AWESOME SAUCE.) I am at a total of 174,818 words out of a projected 176,119 by today, and that makes me awesome! I can totally rock 200K by the end of the year.

Alright. Now to rest my wrists, and get some quality Last Remnant time in!

Wow.

2009-11-24T07:42:48Z

Completely unrelated to anything, I think I just figured out how I would write Kanji/Yukiko in a way that makes sense to me.

.....Prrrrrrr.

(I need to be in bed OMG)

Meme about me

2009-11-22T23:37:25Z

You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when?" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One word answers seldom help anyone out.

Via lindensphinx and mithrigil.

First Name: Meaghan. My mother just had to spell it the old Welsh way. Around high school I started going by Meg, as some kind of mild teenage rebellion ("Meaghan [middle name], if I wanted you to be Meg I would have named you Margaret" was a moderately common refrain; she has since accepted that I am just going to call myself what I will.) My mother took much more kindly to my adoption of the nickname "Meglet," which I feel is quite eminently suitable to me. Additionally I do answer to "Rina" in real life; it is built-in after eleven years of this handle.

Age: 27. Every time I go back to Northwestern's campus, I start having fits about who are these children they are too young to be here send them back to high school OMG.

Location: Chicago. It is too fucking cold here and also where is the sun I want it back what do you mean it won't come back until April?! But all my friends are here, and in a lot of ways I know this city a lot better than I ever have known DC/suburbs which is where I grew up, so. Chicago is home.

Occupation: Soon to be employed! I will be doing various IT shenanigans including Web maintenance, technical documentation, and other things. Previously have been a trained customer service monkey and an ~~arm decoration~~ office assistant.

Partner: I have been dating my boyfriend for 18 months. (How has it been that long?) I love him, and the ways in which our heads are individually broken seem to mesh reasonably well, and it works. Favourite thing: spending an entire day lazing around playing video games and not having to talk to each other to be happy together.

Kids: I do not presently have any. I do not intend to have any until after there is a wedding ring on my finger; I am pretty okay with the idea of kids "someday," but "someday" is not right now. I really don't feel up for the responsibility of raising a human being. Also I'm a colossal ditz sometimes and shouldn't be TRUSTED with said responsibility right now. (...and I'm a total wuss about pain and the idea of childbirth makes me go OH FUCK NO but you know. Whatevs.)

Brothers/Sisters: I am a thoroughly, wretchedly spoilt princess of an only child. This has had some really good points - see also: thoroughly and wretchedly spoilt, not only by my parents but by much of the family in general - but also some low points; I was lonely a lot as a kid. Overall, though, I think I like being the only one.

Pets: I have two cats. Ganon is a 20-lb domestic short hair mutt that I adopted when my Aunt Snooze's cat had kittens. When I met him at 2 weeks old, he fit in the palm of my hand. Ahahaha. Not so much anymore. He is 5, and his birthday is March 8. He has become a more friendly beast lately, but he also bites at random. Zelda is about 12 lbs, has distractingly similar markings to Ganon, and is the biggest snugglebug you have ever met. I adopted her from PAWS in May and they told me she was about three. When you sit down, she wants to be in your lap, with kisses and pets and rubbing her face against yours always. She is my darling girl.

3-5 Things Going On In My Life:
1. New job!! I'm really excited and happy, because now I do not have to panic every time I buy food or write a rent check.

2. I am writing, a lot. I undertook getyourwordsout this year with a pledge of 200K words in the year. If I beat NaNoWriMo and write 20K in addition to that, I will make it. I have made massive, massive progress on Every Light Casts A Shadow and also? My NaNo novel is awesome. I love it. This has...uh...really never been the case with any long piece of writing i have done, but I love this story. It makes me happy to write it.

3. I am finally getting a grip on what I think I want to do with my life, which is pretty impressive since I suck at thinking about the future.

4. I am going home for the holidays, to see my Mom and bestow many hugs upon her, and hopefully bring cheerful face to recovery things. I will also see rabbitbenrin. I will endeavour to have time for other people who live in the area, but I make no promises.

5. I am on a mission to beat every game I own. It's going surprisingly well. It'll get better when I start having 2 hours a day on the train to play portable games! And also I think I am planning a new Exalted game. It should be awesome.

Parents: My mother, Barbara, has been many things including a super awesome mom (she is one of my best friends in addition to being my mom, even if we clash a lot because what she wants for me is not always what I want for myself and since I tend to be quiet and acquiesce it has led to some...challenging interactions). Highlights of the list include IT Conference Planner, head of IT Helpdesk Operations, and Head of Technology Store for a state University. She wishes I would give a damn about makeup and clothes more than once a month, but loves me anyway. She has two perfectly adorable Rag Doll kittens named Smoky and Cinnamon, who are absolute terrors of hell.

To wit: Dad washed some grapes, and set them aside to dry. Comes back to the kitchen to find grapes on the floor being chased by inquisitive kittens. Washes grapes, puts aside to dry, goes to do a thing. Comes back and discovers grapes once more on the floor being chased by inquisitive kittens. Wrangles kittens and turns off hall light, then sits down in his chair to read. A few moments later, hall light comes back on. Kittens have discovered how to wrangle it. Hilarity ensues for Mom and myself; Dad is considerably less amused.

My father, John, does a lot of IT things I don't understand, but has at various times been director of network ops for various governmental type things and does a lot of stuff that I barely comprehend. He is totally a dork. He bought a Nintendo when I was 8 (which was the minimum recommended age.) Dad introduced me to Mario, Zelda, and Final Fantasy (though he's only played IV and VI on the SNES, but it spawned an obsession. I think my mother is still cranky about it.) We play Zelda games together because I have sharp eyes and a decent memory, but he's better at the button pushing. Dad loves gadgets and widgets, and always digs up new and shiny things. I cannot count the number of times my mother has called for me and said "Just make it so I can play Dr. Mario" while brandishing Dad's latest remote at me. XD

Close Friends: Alright, I admit up front I'm going to leave someone out. I'm sorry.

I would say my three closest friends are seventhe, celeloriel, and wrenbow. Sev and Cel were initially Internets friends, and they make my life better pretty much every day with e-mails, comment chains, cock jokes, and general shenanigans. We talk a lot about writing; Sev and Cel pretty much co-write almost anything I do if only by talking everything out with me. They are amazing. Wrenbow is a friend of mine from Dead City, who was my roommate for two years. She is my honorary baby sister and I love her a lot.

Other excellent friends include the entire Dead City crew, namely spreadnparanoia, a_leprechaun, herod_the_nut, inyri, pirateyeti, intorporeal, and a ton of other people like Eben, Dave, Blue Guy, Rob, Kevin, Downey, Piper, and everyone else but I have run out of patience for coding LJ names SO. You are all awesome. Many hearts.

Of course one cannot forget who_shot_kr and rabbitbenrin, the latter of whom has been adopted by my mother as a surrogate kid (and let me tell you that is HILARIOUS in light of her initial reaction to "Mom I want to meet a friend from the Internet" "OH MY GOD he will kidnap you, rape you, and then turn out to be an axe murderer" "Mom, this is Ben." "YOU ARE PART OF THE FAMILY." lulz, Mom. But she meant well.)

There is also the I Can Haz Cosplay crew: Mith, Puel, Linden, Mullenkamp, Red_Mage_Jerry, and Akatonbo, all of whom brighten up my spring when I see them at ACen. Also, Mith and Puel get crazy props for letting me babble at them about how Kain owns my soul. A lot.

And many, many more of you. Jeez. I will be here all night. Blanket love for all.

thank heaven for snarky bastards.

2009-11-15T20:33:11Z

3307 words today, and I am at 25,050 total. finally, finally, finally I am caught up to where I am supposed to be!

*victory dance*

Okay. Now I get video games. And by "I get video games" I mean I am still not installing Dragon Age because I can't afford it to eat me alive. But maybe some Last Remnant.

Dear Yuletide Santa

2009-11-15T17:16:39Z

Hi, Yuletide Santa!

So, if you're writing for one of my teeny tiny fandoms, I already pretty much adore you forever. Some of this is going to be c&p'ed from last year's Yuletide letter since some of my requests stayed the same, but here we go.

First of all, I am crazy awesome happy that you have my requests, and I'm totally looking forward to whatever you might come up with!

That out of the way, I hear it's customary to give a list of your likes and dislikes.

Likes: I love magic and meta. I love friends, lovers, and friends-and-lovers. I love magickink. I love sex that means something in terms of characters and their relationships to each other, not just getting their rocks off (though that can be fun too.) I like women who are strong, both in the traditional sense of warriors and in the sense of the quieter kind of strength that comes from keeping your feet when life pounds on you. I love snarky dialogue and banter. Kinkwise, I like BDSM in general, but I tend not to like humiliation. I love to see people working together in a way that complements their strengths and balances their weaknesses, without negating the former or ignoring the latter.

Dislikes: I really don't want an excessive focus on gory violence. When it comes to sex, I tend to prefer a soft-focus kind of blur to exacting descriptions of messy fluids and the like. Also, I strongly dislike hamstringing or otherwise weakening female characters to no good purpose.

On to the requests!

Lost Odyssey - if you are one of the three other people ever who actually played and want to write for this game, I already love you. It's an FF-style RPG with wonderful characters and a great story; easy enough to play and a lot of fun. The main character is immortal but has lost most of his memories, which you uncover throughout the course of the story as dreams.

On to the fic! I'd prefer something set far enough pre-game that Kaim and Sarah still have their memories; maybe even something pre-Lirum. I kind of like the idea of them rejoining each other after some time out in the world learning, and sharing their experiences. I am unashamedly fond of fluff for these two. :) However, if your bunny pulls you in a different direction, so be it!

Persona 3 - So I've talked a lot in this journal about why I love Persona 3. It's got this fascinating blend of hardcore dungeon crawl and social sim. It's really hard, but really rewarding. It has amazing characters and an absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful story that just kept stabbing me in the heart. Oh, Atlus, I love you a lot. <3

So, fic! I have NOT played "The Answer" yet, and while I'm not super hardcore about avoiding spoilers for it, I'd prefer to have a frame of reference within the main game itself. I also have not particularly pursued spoilers for P3P, so I'd be just as happy if you ignored that for this request.

For the Mitsuru/Akihiko request, I have a serious competence kink for the two of them and doing what they do well. I like the idea of driving either of them out of their controlled-comfort-zone, and I love the idea of messing around with their elemental affinities in either a sexual or non-sexual way. If you wanted to do something with hurt/comfort (heavy on the comfort) after either the October or November full moon events, I'd be perfectly okay with that, too.

Digital Devil Saga: Argilla fascinates me because unlike everyone else in the Embryon, she doesn't embrace her Atma. She is, in some ways, the most human of them, with Jinana her counterpart. I like their similarities, but I'd also like to see something about their differences. (If this can be done without Bat's epic misogyny, so much the better.) I'm not much for vore-as-kink, but. Mostly I just want to see them get a slightly less rough deal, or at least a few minutes of happiness before the inevitable.

Persona 4: So, I have a lot of gender issues with this game (cypher has a pretty great essay here about the way gender and sexuality are portrayed in the game, and the problems zie has with it, which I pretty much agree with a lot. MAJOR SPOILERS.) That being said, I'm still really fond of the game, despite its issues. Yukiko's brief rebellion against the expectations of her family and her position within it interests me. I find it a little troubling, as a Western woman, that she came so close to breaking free of what she perceived as a stifling impossible situation and then shrank back into it, but I'm totally willing to be convinced that it was what she truly wanted all along. Does she remain happy in Inaba, or has she only put off her real crisis of faith by a few years? Inquiring minds wish to know.

Pairing-wise, if you go the Souji route I'd prefer he not be a dick, mostly because I like Yukiko too much to subject her to that. Kanji/Yukiko is my fun crack pairing; it's the "bad boy/princess" thing, and I know it, and I choose not to be ashamed of it. :D

All of that aside, though, Yuletide Santa - whatever you want to write is OKAY by me.

I am too old for the Internet, you guys.

2009-11-14T01:51:22Z

A kid I used to *babysit* (who by the way is in her last year of college and that is just TOO WEIRD FOR WORDS) has added me on Facebook.

*slightly dead*

I mean my FB is pretty sanitized, since it's employer-safe and I, uh, never use it anyway, but still. ACK.

Finally catching up.

2009-11-11T22:12:01Z

I'm up to 16,716 as of this moment (3000 words on the day--okay, fine, 2939--and I'm calling it quits.) That means I'm only one day behind! I've made up one of my two totally missed days thanks to flu! It's all very exciting.

Characters are doing all manner of strange things, like going crazy and killing people. I am pleased.

And now, I get video games, for I have been a good and dutiful kitty today.

really, character? really?

2009-11-10T21:26:10Z

So here I am, writing merrily along, and X is having a grand old time playing about in this dungeon. I give him the last puzzle, and he figures out the solution.

X: You know, the solution to this problem is not entirely like going down on a woman.
Me: ....
Him: Only they're not made of stone, and they're warmer, and usually there's--
Me: X, shut up.
X, quite innocently: But I thought we were telling this story. So anyway, what i was saying was--
Me: What you were saying was that you'd like to get laid sometime again ever. Do please recall I can ensure that never happens.
X: ...
Me: ....
X: *long-suffering sigh*

whee

2009-11-07T06:27:48Z

1947 words today. I am catching up! Slowly. Excerpt:

He reined up next to her. "Is there even the slightest chance, if I were to ask you what was going on in that meeting besides what was said, that you'd tell me?"

The question surprised her into true laughter. "It would depend on how you asked," she said, "but it is unlikely that I would tell you--now."

They are too much fun. I am having far too much fun with this. :D

ALSO. Dear LJ and DW, on which all knowledge is contained:

I need a word that evokes the same high-class/caliber associations as "courtesan," but that is gender-neutral. Does such a thing exist? Should I just co-opt "courtesan" and readers can deal? Or should I invent a word? Inquiring minds must know. It is Relevant To The Current Scene.

and now, my hands hurt, and I am going to go snuggle on the couch with the boy while listening to a CD full of my father's music. (Cognitive dissonance: writing intricate political maneuvering beneath the surface while chair-dancing to "Brandy, You're A Fine Girl." Yeah.)

ugh ugh ugh ugh

2009-11-06T17:11:23Z

super-gross TMI (cold/flu related) behind the cut.

ugh ugh ugh I got up this morning and was having a coughing fit that resulted in me coughing up lumps of congealed mucus. UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH. I mean better spit out than swallowed or something but oh my God how disgusting I can't even ugh ugh ugh

NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS COLD EITHER. Like the fifth.

ewwwwwwwwwww

finally.

2009-11-05T06:20:21Z

Real update tomorrow - when I have had more sleep - but I finally got a full day's worth of NaNo in. I'm up to 2391 words total, of which I wrote 1878 today. My brain feels clearer and that is awesome.

I know i'm really behind on commenting on everything. I'm sorry, guys! This stupid flu is making me sleep 18 hours out of 24 most days :( I am feeling much better today, though, so hopefully I will be back to awesome tomorrow. (I still have to write up weekend summaries and catch up on NaNo and get my stuff together for this weekend holy cow.)

ffft thanks body

2009-11-02T03:13:10Z

Proper weekend update coming later (and thank you, everyone, who commented to previous posts - I think I thanked everyone individually but if I didn't it is not an intentional slight).

IN the meantime I appear to have caught the flu. I'm not sure who I caught it FROM, but it is the fail. I am going to bed now.

(240 words on first day of NaNo. Deeply disappointed in self. fffff.)

snerk

2009-10-31T05:36:30Z

Mike: You don't think you're awesome because you're neurotic, self-conscious, and you have an inferiority complex. Everyone else thinks you are awesome based on empirical evidence. Who are you going to believe?
Me: Myself, obviously.

I keep saying it but it's never less true.

2009-10-29T22:08:46Z

celeloriel spent an hour and a half this afternoon brainstorming with me.

I HAS A PLOT FOR NANO.

Cel is made of the awesome in every way. (Huge thanks also to seventhe who brainstormed character stuffs and initial plottings with me yesterday.)

omg, you guys. I have a plot. And it seems to be just about the right length of plot, too! (Of course, I said that about Every Light. And we know how that one ended. Or rather how it hasn't ended yet.)

Fun and Games!

2009-10-28T22:24:47Z

By which I mean, new comm, for which Gabranth's Cock Shot is eminently appropriate.

lex_et_iustitia is a place for all fanfic regarding the Judges of FFXII. It is also welcoming to characters from other FFs being written as judges. See below:

"Judge Highwind."

They are two of a kind in some ways, he and Judge Magister Gabranth. Both refugees from lands crushed under the Archadian boot, traitors to home and hearth, servants of the power that wrested independence from their lands.

It seems those considerations trouble only him.

He turns to face his superior, and salutes. "Judge Magister Gabranth," he says cautiously. He is yet unsure why he was transferred from Judge Zecht's command to Judge Gabranth's.

"I would speak to you privately," Gabranth says.

I trust you all grasp the concept.

Come play with us! (I would like to note that this thing is entirely the fault of seventhe and justira. Blame them as you will. But mostly come play with us!)

Fuck.

2009-10-25T15:49:14Z

I thought I had another month's worth of birth control pills left. Am supposed to start a new pack today and came to the realization last night that no, I was in fact on the last pack already.

*sigh* Going to put in my mail-order right now, which of course won't get here in time, and then call my doctor's office first thing tomorrow and hope that they are nice. It's not the hugest deal in the world if I have to miss a month, since I'm using it primarily for non-contraceptive reasons, but it is really aggravating.

victory is mine!

2009-10-23T23:54:32Z

All the fill-in bits are done for Every Light. Now I just have the last 9 chapters to do!

But first, I must go retrieve Mike from the airport. :D YAY I CAN HAS SNUGGLES.